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04-06-2010, 02:22 PM
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I currently use 1.0 nylon picks from Herco and I love them but I'm looking to try some other ones. I want something that is clear and full and has drive but not something that has a lot of clack or high end clank to it. Any ideas?
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04-06-2010, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Great White North | | | I personally love dunlop tortex's. the yellow ones.
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04-06-2010, 03:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ColinGWood I personally love dunlop tortex's. the yellow ones. | +1, all I use
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04-06-2010, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Naples FL | | | I just switched from the Tortex yellows to the blues..those are 1.0mm..The yellows are faster picks but the blues have more weight and heft behind the pluck. | 
04-06-2010, 03:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Windsor, Ontario | | | I'm playing Dunlop Gator grips, at 0.96mm. Love 'em. They have a great sound and a coating that seems somewhat soft but when they get wet they get really grip and theres no way you can drop one!
Sound wise, you dont get that 'pick sound' when it contacts the string that some picks give you. | 
04-06-2010, 03:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Naperville, IL | | | Dunlop .88 Nylons here. Love 'em.
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04-06-2010, 04:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Normandie, France | | | I have personally found that the thicker the pick, the less "clack" and more lows you get. I use 1.14mm Tortex atm (the purple ones). I like the material on those. | 
04-06-2010, 04:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ft. Worth Texas | | | .73's best. Ever. But I tend to strum through rather than pluck. I find that the yellow tortex picks have enough give to them to not make the unwanted clanking and all that, but they still hit the string hard enough to make a clear, full sound. | 
04-06-2010, 04:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH | | | i used to cover my picks in duct tape to remove some of the clankiness... | 
04-06-2010, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo Dunlop .88 Nylons here. Love 'em. | ^This man! This!
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04-06-2010, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Germany | | | NO PICK = full sound
IMHO a pick is just for guitards and
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04-06-2010, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by recreate.me I'm playing Dunlop Gator grips, at 0.96mm. Love 'em. They have a great sound and a coating that seems somewhat soft but when they get wet they get really grip and theres no way you can drop one!
Sound wise, you dont get that 'pick sound' when it contacts the string that some picks give you. | +1. I'm digging the 1.14's a little more than the .96-ers though. Great picks. | 
04-06-2010, 04:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zeb_bass NO PICK = full sound
IMHO a pick is just for guitards and | Thank you so much, but your opinion is not needed. | 
04-06-2010, 04:47 PM
| | | | I use the purple Dunlop Big Stubby 2mm Picks. I get a nice deep sound out of them picking between the neck and the pickup. | 
04-06-2010, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ft. Worth Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by zeb_bass NO PICK = full sound
IMHO a pick is just for guitards and |
Thank you for your time. | 
04-06-2010, 04:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | | Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm for me, Lemmy likes them too.
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04-06-2010, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Suburbs Chicago, IL | | | I'm not one to usually use a pick but we have a couple of songs that definitely sound better when using one. When we do play those particular songs I normally ask one of the guitar players for a pick not really caring about size or material. Which brings me to my question, does pick size or material make a difference with string types i.e. SS, Flatwound, Nickel, etc? Oh, the songs in question are by Hillsong.
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04-06-2010, 05:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassman7PM I'm not one to usually use a pick but we have a couple of songs that definitely sound better when using one. When we do play those particular songs I normally ask one of the guitar players for a pick not really caring about size or material. Which brings me to my question, does pick size or material make a difference with string types i.e. SS, Flatwound, Nickel, etc? Oh, the songs in question are by Hillsong. | Yes, very much so. I have 5 different types of picks I use. Every one sounds different. Strings all sound different too.
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